Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Reincarnation, Karma & Destiny

As above - So below.
It is one of the first spiritual maxims many encounter upon awakening
from the dream world of consensus reality; and is intended to highlight the
connections between the macrocosm and microcosm. We all have a good enough grasp of the
microcosm, that's us, here in this place where getting a grasp of the macrocosm
is what the spiritual journey is all about.

Of course macrocosm is just another descriptive for
all we seek to know & understand
about this experience called life.
There's no shortage of other words, labels, &
names for it; and because a good many humans still attach emotional value to
their beliefs & labels, I'll just
refer to it as the Realm of Permanence, hoping nobody
feels offended in any way. This Realm of
Permanence is where we all originate from, and return to; it is Source.

~ Reincarnation ~

Back when time was young, millions of souls agreed to
participate in a kind of experiment (which is
why earth isn't homeworld for any of us, we're all transplants here). Source wanted to know if we could be stranded
here on this primitive, negative, low-density, low-vibration planet with
absolutely no memory ~ and still find our way back home to source. This transmigration of souls would play out
over thousands of generations, with each of the participants having multiple
and successive lifetime experiences, called incarnations.

When not incarnated into the physical realms, each of us
exists in an energetic state which many refer to as spirit. Every sovereign soul is kind of a triad
being; comprised of three distinct aspects known as the Thinker, the Doer, and
the Knower. When it comes time for
another incarnation on earth, only the thinker&doer aspects incarnate into the physical body, the Knower
aspect remains in the realm of permanence functioning as a sort of guide & lifeguard, and we call this our Higher
Self.

Because source invented multi-tasking, our various
incarnations serve several goals simultaneously; with our advancement as a soul
being the primary function. With each
lifetime we have the opportunity to learn more, remember more, to become
more. The reason for all this is of
course to attain enlightenment, and then return home, with everyone
else, on the homeward leg of this great soul migration.* Because one cannot attain enlightenment from
a single, lone perspective; we're sorta required to experience life from all
perspectives before we're done. This
means that in the fullness of time every one of us will experience multiple
lives in each gender, from both ends of every polarity, with a generous helping
of everything in between. We will know male
& female, wealth & poverty, peace & violence, sickness &
health; and when we have experienced life through each of these perspectives,
enlightenment will be within our grasp.

We not only reincarnate as individuals, but also within
select groups of individuals so as to learn the dynamics of family structure;
with each in the group taking turns as mother, father & child. There are of
course others who also travel with us from one incarnation to another; or drop
by every other lifetime or so. I just call them the chorus of unseen friends
because kindred spirits tend to travel together. Some of them you recognize immediately, and
may even share memories of previous sojourns together. Others might not be incarnate just now, but
stay close to keep tabs on us, and we call them guides or maybe angels, because
we can feel their presence.

Each of us feels a hollow empty longing deep within our soul. We know not what this void is, just that we needit filled to become fulfilled somehow; and though we may risk
many an addiction to fill this void; nothing comes close until we find our twin
soul, or soulmate. Some become obsessed
with the search for their soulmate, even to the detriment of their spiritual
progress. It is best to not become
overly obsessed with finding your soulmate, for several reasons.

First and perhaps
most obvious is that for every one of us there any number of potential
soulmates in a lifetime, and no guarantee that the perfect one for you is even
incarnated just now. Searching is no way
to find your perfect mate; Being, however is! If you really want the challenge and
exhilaration of a soulmate level relationship then you must yourself already
possess the same qualities and attributes you seek in a life partner. Magnetism, it works every time!

Many of us believe that our incarnation at the time of the great
shift of the ages is no cosmic accident.
With team light & team dark
each vying for the collective souls of humanity I believe that source
has marshaled it's most adept spiritual masters &
warriors to incarnate at this time. We
didn't come here to be spectators. We
are here to act on behalf of humanity and earth as agents of change; to
restore balance and freedom. We're not
born obnoxious, greedy & violent -
those things are bred and programmed into us to prevent us from remembering who
we really are, and what we're here to accomplish. Each of us incarnates here with two
objectives. First there are those things
we came here to learn on our quest for enlightenment, and then
there is something we came here to do, a service to perform; our
personal spiritual mission.

As for the "time" between incarnations; it
is divided into twelve different states.
Immediately following the transition called death, the spirit moves
sequentially through six after death states. The first of these is a kind of recess, a
time to acclimate to the transition, a time to let the memory begin to
recover. Following the rest period there
are five more after death states to traverse, having to do with reviewing the
just ended life, and assessing the lessons learned, and so forth. The next six states are pre-birth states;
and as such are geared to assist in preparing for another incarnation. It is within these six phases that we choose
what gender we will be, what race, who our parents will be, and the things we
are going back to learn.

As previously stated, there is also group reincarnation
which essentially is like-minded kindred spirits moving thru time together,
usually with a specific agenda in mind.
This differs from the family type group reincarnation primarily because
each member of the group seeks the optimal individual factors needed to achieve
the group's goal. Other times groups
will group incarnate for the sheer fun and challenge of finding and
being with one another time and again.
There is no set, or required number of incarnations we must
experience. Most of us will require a
good many incarnations to learn our lessons and reach enlightenment; others
will get it sooner, and move on.
You see, it's all about breaking the cycle of reincarnation, and moving
on to higher vibes and a better neighborhood.

For those wondering about past lives, hypnotherapy has been used in a technique called regression. Now there are a couple snags to be aware of and the first is that not all hypnotherapists are on the up & up, so those seeking regression hypnosis should observe due diligence. The other snag can be just as bad as a quack; and that is letting your ego go off tripping about who you were in a past life. Yes, many of us were at one time living much more interesting lives, perhaps some even were people of historical record. Logic alone insists that we couldn't all have been kings, queens, scholars, artists, and musicians. Somebody had to also be the criminals, slaves, murderers, and dregs of society, and before we're done, we'll each play all the roles. Makes no difference today unless the person in question can apply the lessons learned in that past life, to their current incarnation. That's it in a tiny nutshell, the only true value in knowing of your past lives is if you bring forward the things you learned from them.

~ Karma ~

Being as this is a universe of free will & destiny rather than that of a fixed fate;
we humans often run smack up against the universal law of unintended
consequences as the energy connections come back around to bite us in the
ass...otherwise known as karma. Let's say
you spent an incarnation as someone who did violence to others, your karma then
would be to live another incarnation on the receiving end of violence, so your
soul has the experience of both perspectives.
If on the other hand you lived a life of always putting the needs of
others before your own; in another life, your needs would all be met quite
easily. These days we know the same
energy by other names, like poetic justice, or what goes around comes
around but regardless what label you put on it, karma always prevails.

There are naturally several differing types of karma to
consider, other than the individual kind.
Beyond simple concepts like good and bad karma there is the kind
seemingly dished out by the universe itself; called retributional karma,
to ensure that no evil deed goes unpunished.
There is also group karma and planetary karma, as well as
my personal favorite, instant karma.
Usually karma takes a while to catch up with us, which is really a pity
because often the cause & effect aren't
immediately recognized. Sometimes however karma acts more like a mouse trap,
and comes smashing down instantly, kind of like instant messaging from
the universe. It's very interesting that
instant karma expresses primarily in one of two ways. One expression is for when the lesson has to
be processed & assimilated instantly;
and the other happens when your karma is nearly zero. When a soul has balanced the karmic scales
while incarnated, then acquires new karma, it tends to come back around very
quickly, which is a good thing.

A lot of folks have the wrong idea about what karma really
is; it isn't punishment, but rather feedback from source. In this world of free will and destiny, when
one commits a crime, sin or other wrong-doing the punishment is the act
of wrong doing itself. Source does not
concern itself with revenge, or vengeance; we came up with that all on our
own. Seeking revenge upon others for
their misdeeds only serves to amplify and extend the karmic cycle. Revenge is like drinking a bottle of poison
thinking it will kill your enemy and never results in a positive outcome.

There is a good reason why folks on the spiritual path seek
to balance out their karma, and that's because like reincarnation; karma is a
cycle we need & want to break free
from. It's a merry-go-round of
repetitive patterns, behavior &
thinking, and no matter how thrilling &
entertaining the ride is, eventually we want off. We are riding the cusp of humanities
evolution this very moment, and one of the realities within our grasp is the
one where all are liberated from the cycles of reincarnation and karma,
forever! Sound good to you? Our knower aspects aren't going to
just hand this to us on a silver platter, that's not how it works. Just thinking isn't enough, we must act
upon our thoughts, and Do that which is necessary to ensure
reaching our desired destination.
That is, after all why the thinker&doer incarnated into physicality.
The problem is that while asleep within consensus reality, we cannot
hear the knower aspect of our soul, and are essentially cut off from
higher self and spirit.

~ Destiny
~

"I do not
believe in a fate that falls on men however they act;

But I do believe
in a fate that falls on them unless they act."

~ Buddha ~

Those millions of souls who undertook the experiment in
separation so long ago all share in a group Noetic destiny. Likewise each of us activates an individual
destiny each time we incarnate in this place.
Only when we understand that we create our reality with our thoughts,
can we begin to understand that we also are the masters of our personal
destiny.

The dictionary can be most helpful in understanding destiny;
because you find it between destination and destitute! If you don't know where you're going, any
road will get you there; destiny isn't a place you arrive at, it is something
you work for and achieve. Perhaps the
idea was expressed best by Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise; "There
is no fate but what we make for ourselves." This isn't new or even metaphysically based
knowledge; philosophers and theologians have always known that the reality we
see manifest originates in our very thoughts.
Here is how it works:

The Destiny Formula

Everything is energy

Energy follows
thought

Thought becomes
belief

Belief determines
your reality.

Your reality shapes
your destiny.

We do not consider our thoughts as being so powerful, but
they are, especially the negative and hurtful ones we so often strengthen
further by speaking them aloud. When our
thoughts are negative or disempowering that energy is programmed into
everything that thought touches, and if left unbalanced will also taint the
resulting reality. It is not our nature
to think hurtful or diminishing thoughts about ourselves and others; we do so
because that is what we have been conditioned and trained to do over countless
generations.

Forces not aligned with the realm of permanence like this
world just as it is now and would not willingly see us attain all we came here
to do. By not choosing a destiny for
yourself, someone else will be happy to provide one for you, rest
assured. If you change your beliefs,
your reality changes accordingly: it has to because it has no choice,
but you do. The universe
rearranges itself to accommodate your picture of reality. If you think you are powerless against
"fate" and destined to fail; the universe assumes you must need those
lessons to fulfill yourself, and gives them to you.

It is a surprisingly easy thing to test for
non-believers. Try going a week without
finishing a negative thought. When you
catch yourself in the middle of a negative thought, simply vaporize it, then replace
it with a similar thought having a positive polarity. If you do your part you will see tangible
results because it works, it has to. Further more, every time you repeat that
little thought exercise you are eroding old negative neural pathways in the
brain, and re-wiring it with new, positive polarity thoughts. When you see how easy it is to change your
reality, you'll be doing it all the time.
When that happens, teach it to others.

Thirty something years ago I came across a quite remarkable
book in a rather mysterious way. I was
licking my wounds in the wake of a divorce, and living aboard a small,
engine-less cabin cruiser down on city float up in KetchikanAlaska.
My friend who rented me the living space, had a previous agreement with
a fellow named Steve from nearby Pennock Island; allowing him to moor his
speedboat alongside every day while he was at work in town. Steve was a boat person, so I was seldom
aware when he crossed back & forth to
the dock, that was a bonus. So was the
fact that his reserved mooring kept the fishing boats from tying up along side
my home. Kind of a symbiotic
relationship. I happened to be out on
the back deck one morning when Steve arrived.
He grins this big smile with about a thousand perfect teeth and tells me
he has something for me. I invited him in for coffee but he declined saying he was
running late. He hands me a bundle
wrapped in a single sheet of buckskin leather, saying it was a loan and that he
would be back for it before the salt air could harm it. Wrapped up in this leather was a rather large
and obviously old book, titled "Thinking and Destiny" by
Harold W. Percival. The book was
subtitled "Being the Science of Man". At over a thousand pages, and with the first
chapter after the introduction being "the purpose and plan of the
universe" - I was hooked!

I spent that day and
all night reading this book. I just
couldn't put it down. My marathon
reading session hadn't even gotten me a third of the way thru because
everything I was reading was both new, and difficult to process quickly. The following day I went to the city library
to find the book. They not only didn't
have it, they'd never heard of it. There
was a nice bookstore in town so I tried there as well with the exact same
result. I'd brought all the traditional
information on the book, it's publisher, library of congress number, the works
and had to settle for ordering a copy.
Before returning home to continue reading, I picked up a couple of notebooks
to compile some information in, not knowing how long I'd have the book or if I
could find a copy of my own.

One evening a few weeks later Steve stopped in on his way
home to collect his book; which I'd just finished a few days earlier. By now I had a stack of five notebooks full
of my notations. I learned from Steve
that the book was originally published in 1946, but only in limited
numbers. The successive printings
occurred every five to eight years thereafter, again each in limited numbers. The following year there was another printing,
and I was able to get my own copy. Since
that time the printings have come more frequently with larger numbers printed;
and currently the PDF file is on the
publishers website. [link is included below.]
**

I've had several collections of books over the years, and it
seems I always have to give them away or leave them behind at some point. So I have this 'core library'
consisting of the books I deem too valuable to lose which travels with me...Thinking
and Destiny is one of those books. I
pass this along for the same reason the book is now published on the web; there
isn't time for you to find it the way I did.

Your destiny is what you are destined to experience in this
life deriving from your chain of choices & decisions as you navigate your way thru the illusion of
linear time. It is decidedly not
a pre-determined outcome impossible to alter or avoid. It's perhaps cosmic irony that very often we
end up finding our destiny while traveling the road we took to avoid it! If you wait to see what your destiny will end
up being, I promise, you won't like what you get. Get up off your spiritual best intentions and
start carving your destiny; we must program the picture of our personal and
planetary destiny into the unified field before the universe can manifest it
for us, so get cracking!!

Hi Chris~Indeed, T&D is a classic by any measure. When I first read it in 1980 it took a while to assimilate the information, like learning a new language. Once it clicks, everything falls into place though. Peaceful Blessings

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!! I am devouring this book and it is exactly what I needed at this time. There are no words to express how ecstatic I am to be reading this. So - thank you! Much love!!!!!!!

Question...are we being recycled? Are our energies being used for purposes we are unaware of? What if by going "into the light" we are being deceived by past life reviews (karma) and are brainwashed into returning to fulfill our destiny (again). Warning! Do not let yourself be led to believe you must repeat any earthly existence. You will wake up with amnesia and be programed for slavery! Remain awake and aware.....this is not what you believe it to be. We need to find our way out, either individually or en mass! Human kind must realize its potential or be dismissed. Otherwise we are merely energy sinks and fodder for the controlling forces to feed off indefinitely. We are limitless with infinite potential that can be unlocked. Transcending ingrained programed negative states is a step in the right direction.